A definitive guide to winning your Oscar pool

February 18, 2015 11:09 AM

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After months of campaigning and schmoozing — as well as the occasional movie screening — the Academy Awards are less than a week away. As Hollywood's biggest stars gear up for the industry's biggest night, thousands of Americans will be fighting for another, equally distinguished honor: the top prize in an Oscar pool.

Looking to maximize your chances to spend an entire year lording your victory over your friends and colleagues? Oscar prognosticating is an inexact science, but it's not a shot in the dark, either; everything from the history of the Academy to the winners of other awards can be used to help inform y...